US4258839A - Egg transfer bar - Google Patents

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US4258839A
US4258839A US06/078,405 US7840579A US4258839A US 4258839 A US4258839 A US 4258839A US 7840579 A US7840579 A US 7840579A US 4258839 A US4258839 A US 4258839A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B23/00—Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs
    • B65B23/02—Packaging or unpacking eggs
    • B65B23/06—Arranging, feeding, or orientating the eggs to be packed; Removing eggs from trays or cartons
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0202—Agricultural and processed food products
    • B65G2201/0208—Eggs

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  • the present invention deals with the field of means for conveying eggs throughout egg processing systems from one egg processing station to another egg processing station.
  • the present invention makes use of the main shaft or a pivot shaft which is parallel to and yet spaced from the axis of the main shaft such that the individual egg holding retainers are rotatable while allowing the main shaft to remain stationary and still release the eggs or pick up the eggs as desired.
  • All prior art devices which utilize two supporting members for holding the eggs and for defining each individual egg receiving recess utilize simultaneous movement of each of the two egg supporting members to pick up or release eggs.
  • the present invention provides a novel system wherein each of the supporting members is individually rotatable or pivotal about the pivot axis to allow selective rotation of an egg as desired or to impart a given impetus or momentum to an egg to carry it to a specifically desired location therebelow. Also by special chosen releasing of either end responsive to egg orientation, a packing or ordering of all eggs may be achieved with all "egg points" down or all "up” even with an initial random orientation upon the conveying means.
  • the present invention provides a conveying system for eggs which utilizes a plurality of egg transfer bars which are arranged in rows to form egg carrying conveyors.
  • Each individual egg transfer bar includes a main shaft receiving means to allow movable attachment between a main shaft which carries the carriage member and the carriage member itself.
  • the carriage member can be omitted and the support members be mounted directly to the main shaft.
  • Each carriage member has secured thereto a plurality of sets of support members. Preferably six such sets will be associated with each support member.
  • Each set of a support member comprises two support members which for reference will be defined to be a first support member and a second support member.
  • Each of the first and second support members are individually and independently pivotally movable both with respect to the main shaft and with respect to one another. In other words, the first support member can be in the down position while the second support member is in the up position or the reverse.
  • Each of the first and second support members also includes arcuate surfaces which are concave facing in an upward direction to thereby provide egg receiving locations laterally along the transfer bar and at each position are one of the sets of support members or thereby preferably providing six egg receiving locations along each carriage member.
  • Each carriage member may include a pivot shaft means which is secured to the carriage member and is positioned parallel to the location of the main shaft but laterally spaced therefrom. In this manner the pivot shaft axis will be parallel to and spaced from the main shaft axis. Of course, alternatively, the pivot axis will be coincidental with the main shaft axis if the carriage is not included.
  • Each of the support members is movably secured to the carriage member or the main shaft by being pivotally secured thereto to allow selective rotational movement of the individual support members about the axis. In this manner each of the first and second support members are independently movable.
  • Each support member includes an associated resilient biasing means which is attached to the carriage member or the main shaft at one end and to the pivot member at the other end.
  • this resilient biasing means takes the form of a spring means which is spirally wound about the main shaft or the pivot shaft and secured at one end thereto and at the other end to the support member. In this manner the support member will be maintained in the steady state horizontal orientation to hold an egg retained therein.
  • Each of the support members further includes an abutment surface.
  • Each of the carriage means further defines a plurality of stopping surfaces the location of each support member such that the abutment surface of each of the support members will be biased by its associated resilient biasing means into contact with the stopping surface located thereadjacent to thereby hold the support member in the steady state horizontal position.
  • a biasing by a cam member against a camming surface of the support member will be capable of overcoming the force exerted by the resilient biasing means and causing the associated support member to be rotated about the pivot shaft to release an egg therebelow.
  • This movement can take place simultaneously for each of the first and second support members of a given set of support members to release an egg directly therebelow.
  • either the first or the second support member can individually be rotated by contacting a camming member against the specific cam surface to allow the egg to be released having a lateral releasing momentum.
  • rotation of the main shaft will allow release of all of the eggs positioned in all of the egg receiving locations on a given transfer bar.
  • individual rotation of individual sets of support members will allow release of an egg directly therebelow at one or more of the egg receiving locations on a given transfer bar.
  • causing a camming member to contact the camming surface of either a first or second support member of one or more of the sets of support members on a given transfer bar will allow the release of individual eggs from the egg receiving locations of the transfer bar and impart a given momentum or impetus to the egg upon this release in either direction as desired.
  • This transfer bar may further include a plurality of slot means which are defined by the carriage member adjacent each of the support members.
  • This slot means will include a rearward edge which provides the stopping surface against which the support members are biased when in the steady state horizontal egg holding position.
  • the arcuate upwardly facing surfaces of the support members may include beveled edges which will face the associated support member of a given set in order to provide a contoured or upwardly facing lateral arcuate surface for firmly securing eggs within the egg receiving location.
  • FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an embodiment of an egg transfer bar holding eggs
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a single set of support members
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a group of embodiments of the egg transfer bar of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a top plan view of an alternative embodiment of the egg transfer bar holding eggs.
  • the present invention provides an egg transfer bar which is particularly usable in groups extending laterally across egg conveying system such that it defines a plurality of egg receiving recesses 26 arranged laterally in groups of as many as 12 or more and arranged longitudinally in rows.
  • Egg transfer bar may include a carriage member 12 which is rotatably movable and defines a main shaft receiving means 14.
  • the main shaft means 16 may extend into this main shaft receiving means. In this manner rotation of the main shaft means 16 may cause rotation of the entire carriage member 12 or rotation of the carriage without rotation of the main shaft will cause similar movement of the carriage member 12.
  • each set 18 of support member includes a first support member 20 and the second support member 22.
  • Each support member should include upwardly facing arcuate surfaces 24 which thereby define egg receiving locations 26 at each position of the set 18 of support members along each transfer bar 10.
  • These upwardly facing arcuate or concave surfaces can be any cup-like upwardly directed surfaces and need not be smoothly curved, i.e. they may include angles or flat sections.
  • pivot shaft means 28 Adjacent each support member is a pivot shaft means 28.
  • This pivot shaft means 28 is preferably fixedly secured with respect to the carriage member 12 and provides the means of pivotal mounting of the support members 20 and 22 with respect to the transfer bar 10.
  • the pivot shaft means 28 is not itself rotatable, it defines a pivot shaft axis 30 which provides the axis of rotation of the individual support members 20 and 22 when they are rotated independently of the egg transfer bar 10.
  • the pivot shaft axis is oriented parallel to the main shaft axis 32 but horizontally displaced with respect thereto.
  • the pivot shaft means 28 is itself fixedly secured to the carriage member 12.
  • the main shaft means 16 is fixedly or movably secured to the carriage member 12, however, they are laterally displaced and thus provide independent means of movement for the individual sets 18 of support members 20 and 22.
  • the eggs located within the egg receiving locations 26 may be released or eggs may be placed within the egg receiving locations by movement of the support members 20 and 22 which may be caused selectively by rotation of the carriage means 12 about the means 16, or by rotation of the individual support members 20, 22.
  • a resilient biasing means 34 biases the individual support members 20 and 22 into the steady state horizontal position 42.
  • this resilient biasing means 34 takes the form of a spring means 44 which is spirally wound about the pivot shaft means 28, as shown in FIG. 1, or about the main shaft 16 as shown in FIG. 4, and is fixedly secured at one end to the carriage member 12, or main shaft 16 and is fixedly secured at the other end to its associated support member.
  • the support member will be rotated as shown in FIG. 2 in the clockwise direction until the abutment surface 38 on an individual support member is caused to contact with the stopping surface 40.
  • the set 18 of support members 20 and 22 will assume the steady state position 42 which is the horizontally extending position for holding eggs.
  • a camming member 56 as shown in FIG. 2 may be caused to be urged against the cam surface 54 of a support member to cause the support member to be rotated as shown in FIG. 2 in the counter-clockwise direction. In this manner an egg may be released therebelow without actual rotation of the main shaft means 16 or carriage means 12.
  • an egg can be oriented with "point” up or “point” down by actuation of one of the egg support members and not the other.
  • the egg 58 can be imparted in a given direction or toward a given location responsive to selective operation of the supporting members 20 and 22.
  • control of the individual eggs 58 located within the individual egg receiving locations 26 on the same egg transfer bar 10 can be achieved. This individual control is highly desirable when processing eggs differing in weight or quality.
  • the releasing position 60 is shown in FIG. 2 with the first support member 20 being in the releasing orientation and with the second support 22 being shown in the steady state position 42.
  • FIG. 4 In the configuration shown in FIG. 4 the support members 20 and 22 are all rotational secured to the main shaft and a pivot shaft, pivot axis and carriage member are not included.
  • a stopping means 40 is shown to maintain the support members in the steady state horizontally extending orientation during the carrying of eggs.
  • This configuration is operable identically to the previous configuration by exerting a bias against the upwardly extending innermost edge of the support member to selectively release one or both of the support members to impart an egg given impetus or momentum to the egg or to orient all the eggs in a "point" up or "point” down order.
  • the present invention may also include an opaque light shield 36 which are found to be extremely useful when candling eggs by blocking some of the extraneous light passing upwardly around the egg and confining light primarily to be flowing upwardly through the egg such that flaws are readily visible.
  • a slot means 46 is included which retains the pivot shaft therein as well as the resilient spring biasing means and the support member.
  • the slot means would include a rearmost edge 48 which with the slotted configuration would function as the stopping surface 40 of the carriage member 12.
  • the first support member 20 may include a first beveled edge 50 and the second support member 22 may include a second beveled edge 52.
  • these beveled edges are facing one another within a given set 18 of support members 20 and 22 such that a smooth contour is presented to facilitate the holding of eggs within the individual egg receiving locations 26.
  • the picking up or releasing of eggs with respect to the egg receiving location 26 can be performed by rotation of the main shaft means 16 or carriage member 12, or by rotation of an individual set 18 of support members. Further alternatively, this control can be achieved by individual releasing of first support member 20 or second support member 22 of a given set 18 of support members by selective contact between the camming member 56 with respect to the camming surface 54 of the individual support members being rotated to the releasing position 60.
  • This additional element of control has proven to be desirable in order to achieve an efficient control of egg conveying systems as a whole. No present devices are available and, as such, the applicant has designed this improved and novel system for efficiently controlling eggs individually traveling within an egg conveying and processing system.

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NLAANVRAGE8005263,A NL177172C (nl) 1979-09-24 1980-09-22 Inrichting voor het overbrengen van eieren.
DE19803035783 DE3035783A1 (de) 1979-09-24 1980-09-23 Foerderstange fuer den transport von eiern
BR8006084A BR8006084A (pt) 1979-09-24 1980-09-23 Barra de transferencia de ovos
GB8030794A GB2059378B (en) 1979-09-24 1980-09-24 Egg transfer bar
JP55132739A JPS5827166B2 (ja) 1979-09-24 1980-09-24 卵搬送棒装置

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US4589371A (en) * 1983-11-14 1986-05-20 Mas Antonio S Apparatus for gathering eggs in bank of cages for chickens
US5039452A (en) * 1986-10-16 1991-08-13 Raychem Corporation Metal oxide varistors, precursor powder compositions and methods for preparing same
US20190110445A1 (en) * 2016-04-26 2019-04-18 Gsi Brasil Industria E Comercio De Equipamentos Agropecuarios Ltda Variable conveyor/elevator

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US3710918A (en) * 1971-01-28 1973-01-16 Barry Wehmiller Co Container feeding apparatus for washers
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US3874494A (en) * 1970-02-10 1975-04-01 Staalkat Bv Equipment for handling rollable articles
US3613860A (en) * 1970-07-09 1971-10-19 Fred L Waite Unscrambling conveyor for baked goods
US3710918A (en) * 1971-01-28 1973-01-16 Barry Wehmiller Co Container feeding apparatus for washers
US3716127A (en) * 1971-06-30 1973-02-13 Diamond Int Corp Compound motion egg channeling device
US3848730A (en) * 1972-03-08 1974-11-19 O Niederer Egg washer
US3854868A (en) * 1972-11-15 1974-12-17 Us Agriculture Non-aqueous process for reacting sultones with cellulosic materials and the product produced
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US5039452A (en) * 1986-10-16 1991-08-13 Raychem Corporation Metal oxide varistors, precursor powder compositions and methods for preparing same
US20190110445A1 (en) * 2016-04-26 2019-04-18 Gsi Brasil Industria E Comercio De Equipamentos Agropecuarios Ltda Variable conveyor/elevator

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